It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/El_Chupachichis on 2024-06-18 23:08:22.

I keep contemplating getting more storage, possibly a NAS. But I'm not doing actual streaming, just collecting an ever larger amount of images, RAW and jpg (I'm an event photographer hobbyist).

I would look at the NAS online and see perhaps a cheap 4 bay NAS, then look at the reviews and see a lot of complaints. Seems like getting a reasonably reliable NAS would be more like getting a high end desktop.

For those digital hoarders who don't have a lot of streamable data, do you prefer NAS or just a big desktop with a lot of drive slots, and maybe a software RAID? I tend to be a cheapskate so historically it's always been "buy another drive that's larger and copy stuff over" but I really need to start thinking long term.